Najam Sethi Politician

Najam Aziz Sethi (Urdu/Punjabi: نجم سیٹھی; born c. 1948) is the 16th and former (caretaker) chief minister of Punjab. He is an award-winning yet controversial Pakistani journalist, editor, and media personality, the editor-in-chief of The Friday Times, a Lahore based political weekly, and previously the editor of Daily Times and Daily Aajkal newspapers. He also has a current-affairs program on Geo TV called Aapas ki Baat and owns Vanguard Books, a publishing house and chain of bookstores.In 1999, he was arrested by Inter-Services Intelligence following an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation on government corruption, and detained for almost a month.Sethi won the 1999 International Press Freedom Award of the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists and the 2009 World Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom Award.On March 26, 2013, his name was approved for the interim position of the chief minister of Punjab as a result of consensus between members of the selection committee comprising individuals from both the governing and the opposing political parties. He took the oath on March 27. Many people opposed his selection because he was involved in anti-state activities previously.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 01, 1948
Birth place	Punjab Pakistan , Jhang , West Pakistan , Lahore
Nationality	Pakistani people
Residence	Pakistan , Lahore
Education	Government College University Lahore University of Cambridge
Spouse	Jugnu Mohsin
Known for	Inter-Services Intelligence
Profession	Journalist , Businessperson